XZ Utils

XZ Utils is free general-purpose data compression software with high compression ratio. XZ Utils were written for POSIX-like systems, but also work on some not-so-POSIX systems. XZ Utils are the successor to LZMA Utils.

bzip2 is a file compressor that uses the Burrows–Wheeler algorithm. It is only a compressor for single files and not a full archiver.

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Alternatives to XZ Utils for Linux, BSD, Windows, Mac, Web / Cloud and more. Filter by license to discover only free or Open Source alternatives. This list contains a total of 4 apps similar to Dropbox.

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